Frank iieyard



No. 624,933. Patented May l6, I899. F. HEYARD.

HURRICANE LANTERN.

(Application flied Feb. 10, 1899.)

(N0 Modal.)

INVENTOR THE NORRIS PEI'ERS co. Puo'rauma. wAsmNcTcN, D. c.

NlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK l-IEYARD, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BERGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HURRICANE-LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 624,933, dated May 16, 1899.

Application filed February 10, 1899. Serial No. 705,143- CNo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, FRANK HEYARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tubular or Hurricane Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tubular or hurricane lanterns; and it consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts by which the combined globe-carryin g frame and the annularspring- .catch formed of a single piece of wire has formed upon one of the limbs thereof a shiftinglink,and also in providing a lever attached to the lower end of one of the vertical airtubes, one end of which engages the shifting link formed on the globe-carrying frame and the other having formed thereon a thumbpiece by which the same is operated, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tubular lantern, showing the combined globe-carrying frame, annular spring-catch, shifting link, and raising and lowering lever applied thereto and showing the position thereof when the globe-carrying frame is raised. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the combined globecarrying frame, annular spring-catch, and shifting link. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lower right-hand side of the lantern, showing the position of the lever and shifting link when the globe-plate is lowered in its normal position.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts of the several drawings.-

A represents the oil-pot of the lantern, upon which are mounted the air-chamber B and burner C. To the air-chamber B and on either side thereof are attached horizontal air-tubes, connecting with the vertical side tubes, which in turn connect with the horizontal tubes at the top of the lantern, terminating in the cen trally-depending air-tube D, carrying the sliding bell E, to which is attached the combined globe-carrying frame, annular spring-catch, and shifting link, formed of a single piece of wire.

The combined globe-carrying frame, annu- I means of small wire loops reamed in the edge of the bell, and thence continue to the rear of the bell and are bent downward and inward and thence around the globe to the front of the lantern and upward, forming a lifting handle orgrip f Uponthelower end f there is formed a shifting link f by bending the wire out at right angles to the vertical limb and thence back and upward. The advantage of this new and novel construction is that the shifting link is formed by the same device and of the'same material as the globe-- carrying frame, and the shifting link thus being located nearer the vertical tube, to which is attached the lever, the distance between the fulcrum and the weight is thus materially decreased and the globe-carrying frame is more readily operated. The liftinglever engaging with the shifting link, which is not in direct contact with the globe-frame or burner, does not become heated; but, on the contrary, the air is permitted to and does pass about the shifting link and the liftinglever in such a manner as to keep them constantly cool. v

Upon the vertical air-tube there is journaled a lifting-lever J at the right side of the lantern, theinner. end of which engages with and slides in and upon the shifting link f Upon the free end of the lifting-lever there is formed a thumb-piecej to facilitate in the operation of the lever, the free end of the lever projecting out from the point at which it is journaled upon the vertical tube a sufficientdistance to enable it to be swung up and down, but at the extreme limit of either movement to rest upon or against the V61"- tical tube. Upon the inner end of the lever there is soldered a metallic washer j which acts as an additional guide in the movement of the inner end of the lever in the shifting link.

In operation the lever J is turned com= IOO are then lowered to their normal position,'

closing the lantern.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I desire to secure and claim by Letters Patent is'- 1. A combined globe-carrying frame, an annular spring-catch formed of a single piece of Wire, and having formed upon one of its lower limbs a shifting link for engagement with an operating-lever journaled in the vertical frame of the tubular lantern, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in a tubular lantern, of an operating-lever journaled to the vertical tube, the inner end thereof having a sliding connection with a shifting link formed upon the lower end of the globe-frame, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a tubular lantern, a globe -frame formed of a single piece of Wire, and having formed upon the lower end of one of its limbs a shifting link for engagement With an operating-lever, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK I-IEYARD.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK. A. SCHWERTNER,- GEO. D. SMITH. 

